Chapter 31

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“I can't imagine what they're planning. But I can tell you two things. We won't like it, and it won't be legal.”

― Eoin Colfer, The Artemis Fowl Files

TEMPLAR P.O.V

“What the hell?” Rett seethed clenching his fists.

“So those fuckers are like best-friends now?” Keith spat. “That’s just so expected” he said shaking his head in disgust.

“One is cunning and one is womanizer but what they have in common is that they are both mentally unstable” Jan growled.

“They becoming friends is bad for us” Terence said with a frown.

“And a war… really? As if they stand a chance” Rett scoffed.

“They do not stand a chance but innocent pack wolves will die if a war happens” I said quietly and all heads turned to look at me.

“That’s true. I don’t think pack wolves are ready to fight” Terence said.

“Especially Reece’s pack. They are the ones who will suffer a lot and Tem… they helped us when we had gone to find you. I am positive they don’t want this war” Jan said.

“So only Reece wants this war… right?” I asked.

“It seems so from the message”

“Then we can stop this war” I said and Rett nodded.

“I want my pack safe and I am not ready to go to a war. Not because I am a coward but I am not ready to risk the innocent wolves of Reece’s pack” Rett stated. “I am going to write a letter to Sorority saying so.”

My wolf growled in agreement to whatever Rett said.

“The Sorority better agree” Keith grumbled.

“They have to. It’s the right thing to do” I said with a frown. “We are saying no to the war and even after asking the whole pack, I know the answer will be the same. Reece might want a war, but his pack wolves will not. The Sorority has to consider it” I said the obvious.

“When did the Sorority ever do the right thing?” Keith asked chuckling humorlessly and I pursed my lips because that was true. The Sorority always did what they wanted without considering the others.

“If they don’t stop this, then a war will occur” Jan’s voice was a whisper and I sucked in a breath as I heard it. “Tem, do something. You not only have to stop the war but also teach a lesson or two to that womanizer.”

I nodded staring at space.

“What are you going to do about Randall staying in BlueBells?” Terence asked Rett.

“Reece unwarily did a favor to us there” Rett said smirking and I narrowed my eyes. “He gave shelter to a rogue, who has lots of enemies. Most of who are other pack Alphas’.”

Jan chuckled after she heard it. “Ah yes! That’s true. Those Alphas’ will not support Reece’s cause now” she said gleefully and I smiled while my wolf growled in satisfaction after hearing it.

“Bloody idiot” Keith said shaking his head but I furrowed my brows because I knew all was not well yet.

“You okay?” Jan asked me and I nodded with a smile.

I couldn’t sleep that night. I was exhausted but even then I couldn’t sleep because I kept on rewinding the events of that one distressing week in my head.  I looked at Rett and smiled when I found his face buried in the pillow. Leaning forward, I pecked his cheek and then carefully got out of his hold around my waist.

Like a tiger I walked downstairs towards Rett office. I switched on my laptop and checked the mails. There weren’t any and I reasoned to myself that it is late at night. I then clicked open my story’s page, but I couldn’t write anything.

This stalker story of mine had come to a halt and I couldn’t think of anything to write there at the moment either. It was frustrating.

Grunting, I caught my head with my hands and closed my eyes.

I honestly thought Randall’s face would come in my mind, but when I saw Reece’s annoyingly good face, I opened my eyes. He was being a serious PITA to me and I didn’t know how to deal with him. The other two Alphas’ who had complained to Sorority regarding me was Sebastian O’Riley of Whitefield and Brandon Cunningham of Gold-Dust.

I had crossed their packs true, but I had not killed any pack wolves. It was only due to Goddess’ blessing that no innocent blood was shed during that one week by me. I couldn’t live with that kind of sin. But the thought that these two Alphas’ too accused me of something I didn’t do made me really angry.

Stupid Sebastian… what did I ever do to him? Instead, I had warned him that the rogues were close to his territory a day before that distressing week. He had chosen to ignore that warning and it was his fault. What kind of an Alpha is he?

As I kept thinking, I realized something. The packs! After crossing my pack, I had been through the territories of another five packs. Why those five packs?  Was the first question that popped in my head, but then it might just be a coincidence too. However, when I thought about it over and over again, like I did just now, I realized that each one of those packs had a problem.

Biting my lower lip, I picked up a pencil and walked towards Rett’s drawing board. First, I wrote down the names of the five packs and their Alphas’. Then I thought what the major problem in these five packs was.

I didn’t have to think when I wrote of BlueBells. It came to me quickly, they had a lecherous Alpha named Reece. Gritting my teeth, I wrote in capital letters that REECE IS NOT FIT TO BE AN ALPHA. That’s just plain and clear.

Then I moved to Day-Dusk, Genessa’s former pack. SEXISTALPHA, but it wouldn’t be a problem anymore because Marco has agreed to step-down. So the new problem in the pack is CONVINCING KEVIN TO BE AN ALPHA.

The first pack name in the list, but the third one I wrote was WhiteField. Sebastian had to TAKE HIS RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY. When you have the title, you better act up to it. I better than everyone know what happens when you ignore your responsibilities.

The fourth one was Gold-Dust. Honestly, I couldn’t think what the problem in this pack was. It seemed fine to me, but my wolf wasn’t completely convinced. She knew there was something wrong in that pack too. I closed my eyes and thought about the day I had been to that pack. Brandon was not really the Alpha of that pack. He was the beta but after the Alpha family was killed by Glen, Brandon was appointed as the new Alpha. I opened my eyes when I realized what the problem was. Sighing, I wrote on the board, SUBMISSIVE ALPHA. Since Brandon isn’t actually an Alpha Blood, no one takes him seriously. His pack thinks he is not fit to be an Alpha, but I doubt if it’s true. He might be good but due to lack of encouragement from the pack, he cannot be the best. Plus, I had heard few months ago that BlueBells as well as Black-Raven Alphas’ are slowly trying to swallow up Gold-Dust to their own pack. That’s seriously wrong.

The last pack was ThunderSky and here too I had to think a lot until I finally realized that SECURITY FORCES NEED TO BE TIGHTENED in that pack. Or else Randall and his full team would never have been successful in building a nest in Arthur’s pack.

Once I was done, I stared at the words again and again, wondering how I should help them. I already knew what to do to Reece’s pack and Marco’s pack. But I didn’t know how to help the other three. While I was thinking for a solution, I also remembered about the Sorority and so, I even wrote about them.

Sorority- TIME FOR A CHANGE.

Then Randall…. The coward was hiding in BlueBells and I knew what I am going to do about it. The only thing that would give me satisfaction was killing him and nothing else.

Switching on my laptop, I sent a mail to Reece Burdock of BlueBells pack, fully aware of what his answer is going to be. The mail I sent was through my personal account and not the one belonging to the pack. I knew Reece wants Randall to stand against me and I wanted Reece to want Randall.

Smirking, I shut down my laptop and went back to sleep.

I was woken up by someone clutching my hair and pulling it real hard. Groaning, I scratched my head without opening my eyes.

A split second later, my hair was pulled again and my eyes flew open in anger. I was about to shout at Rett, asking what was wrong with him. However, when I turned to look, I saw Luka beside me on the bed, catching a fistful of my hair and trying to eat it.

Luka flashed a cute baby smile when he saw me and my heart just melted right then and there. “Aww” I cooed sitting on the bed. “What are you doing here?” I asked picking him up and helping him stand on my lap. As a reply, he just tried to eat more of my hair. I looked at the bed and realized that someone must have put Luka down here for a nap because there were pillows placed at the side so that he wouldn’t fall.

“Let’s take you to your mama” I said slowly pulling tendrils of my hair from his mouth as well as from his chubby fist.

My husband and my friends were all there downstairs, talking, laughing. Looking at them, happy, I knew this day would definitely be good.

“Oh! He woke up” Sveta said walking towards us.

“And woke me up too” I said and after kissing Luka’s cheeks, I handed him to Sveta.

“What were you guys talking about?” I demanded sitting beside Cam. “You got any mails?”

“No. No mails. But we kind of have a plan on what to do with Randall?” Jan said excitedly.

I stiffened as I heard it and so did my wolf because she guessed their plan would be something that would create a barrier in her plan.

“What plan?” I asked uneasily.

“We are going to force Reece to surrender Randall” Rett answered and I gritted my teeth, because like I expected this plan came in between what I wanted for the welfare of the BlueBells pack. “Reece obviously wants the friendship of other Alphas’ for his as well as his packs welfare.”

“So, we are going to remind him of that particular thing and make him realize his stupidity. Ultimately Reece will kick out Randall and then you can kill him” Jan finished cheerfully and I closed my eyes shut.

My reaction wasn’t the same as they expected because the room turned silent all of a sudden, while I pinched the bridge of my nose.

“You don’t like the plan” Jan stated and I opened my eyes. When my eyes clashed with Jan’s grey-green eyes, I compressed my lips and shook my head as a negative.

“Why?” Rett asked in bewilderment.

“I… I have considered your plan last night. It’s good, I know, but only for me because I get to kill Randall and for Reece, because he can continue being an alpha. But what about Reece’s pack wolves?” I asked standing up, looking at Rett. “You said they were helpful to you when you were searching for me, weeks ago. Think about them. For my own selfish needs, I cannot put them through more torture. If I go through with this then it’s like I will forever owe Reece a favor and I don’t want to owe anything to that mutt” I hissed through gritted teeth. “Reece is not fit to be an Alpha and I want him out. He is a mad person who terrorizes his own pack wolves.”

“Then what are you planning to do?” Rett demanded and now, I smirked.

“The first step in overthrowing Reece from his title was taken by him itself” I said rising my chin.

“By giving shelter to Randall he put the first nail to his coffin” Cam agreed.

“His pack wolves already want him gone and that’s in our favor again. I sent a mail to him yesterday and the reply from that mail is…” I looked around for my cellphone and Terence pointed his index towards the dining table. Sighing, I unlocked the screen and checked my mail. I shook my head when I read Reece’s reply to my mail- of asking him to politely let go of Randall and stop the war.

“What did the bastard reply?”

“FUCK OFF” I said with a chuckle. “That too in capital letters. Anyway, I knew his reply would be something as stupid as this. I wanted it to be that way” I said with a shrug, dropping my cell phone on the couch.

“Then how are you going to kill Randall?” Terence asked confused.

“I am going to enter Reece’s pack and kill him” I said haughtily and my wolf agreed with the thought.

“You are entering his pack? What about the Sorority?” Cam asked startled.

“Sorority needs to change. They are nobody to command me or punish me. I would have respected them had they done something worthy of that respect. But since I got one chance from the goddess herself, I am going to give them one chance too. I am going to give one chance to the Sorority and see if they take the right decision. If they don’t, then I will take charge” I declared through gritted teeth.

I let out a breath and looked at my friends only to find them staring at me in amazement. Even Luka. Well, he was staring more out of curiosity.

“What?” I asked uncomfortably.

“You sound so different… in a good way though” Sveta said tenderly.

“Different? Like?” I grilled.

“Like a leader” Rett replied, watching me with a proud smile and I flushed.

“Oh” I said and they chuckled.

“You are right. We have to take BlueBells wolves into consideration too” Rett said and everyone nodded.

“So, are you sure about killing Randall by entering Reece’s pack? Ignoring the laws?” Terence asked unsurely.

“Our law clearly states that we shouldn’t provide shelter to law breakers. Randall broke the law years ago and Reece provided shelter to him. And what Randall did to me, is horribly wrong. Even the ones who wrote those laws might not have imagined something like that could have happened. He is a cunning person, a trickster, a manipulator and one who is involved in dark practices, which by the way, is banned by our law. By killing him, I honestly think I am doing to a favor to our kind” I concluded smoothly.

“True. If we want to stop the war then we have to kill Randall first” Jan growled and I sent her a grateful smile.

“Okay. So what’s the plan?” Terence asked.

Around ten that morning, I was alone in the house and chopping vegetables for lunch, while the maid was vacuuming. Jan came in ten minutes later and sat facing me in the counter.

“What happened?” I queried curiously. She had gone to work and was supposed to return home afternoon, but she was early.

“The model got rashes on her face that no amount of make-up could hide” Jan said sourly picking a piece of carrot. I slapped her hands with the knife but she still popped a piece into her mouth grinning triumphantly. Seeing that, I pulled the bowl containing the chopped pieces of carrot closer to myself.

“You are sure about this, right?” she asked and I looked up to find her staring at me with a concerned look.  I knew what the ‘this’ she referred here was.

“Yes” I replied with a nod.

“After they accept you, you will always be in danger” Jan said in a low voice and smiling, I kept down my knife.

“That’s a risk I am prepared to take” I told her with utmost sincerity in my tone. “But I also know that I am not the one who is going to die so easily” I winked and Jan chuckled.

“Goddess is always with us” she said placing a hand over mine.

“I don’t want wolves thinking I am the goddess. I just don’t want that. All I want is for them to look at me as a friend than a leader” I told her.

“Just be yourself. Be the Templar who is brave and the Templar who is strong. When you are like that with other people it’s impossible not to become your friend” she said and I laughed.

“Is that how you became my friend?” I asked her curiously.

“No. All I saw that day, on the beach, was a nicer and sane version of me” she said with a grin.

“That’s true” I said agreeing with me being a normal version of her.

“You were supposed to say it’s not” Jan said with a gasp and I rolled my eyes. “All the best and I know you will kick-ass” she said after sometime and I nodded, but my eyes stung a little because I knew just like my mother and Everett, Jan will always be there for me.

“Okay. Now don’t cry and close your refrigerator door” she said and I nodded. But the penny dropped the moment I turned to look at the already closed door of the refrigerator. Jan laughed loudly while stuffing four to five pieces of chopped carrot into her mouth.

“Monkey” I told her rolling my eyes and then leaned forward to hug her.

The plan to go to BlueBells even though was made today could be implemented only tomorrow. Since Jan and I were free for the rest of the day, we went to the hospital to see my niece. We were there for two hours and the doctor told us that Trudy would be discharged tomorrow.

We had gone out for late lunch and Rett, Terence and Keith joined us there.

“So who is the mole?” Keith asked after taking a sip of his wine.

“The Beta of BlueBells- Alton” Rett answered. “He had helped us that day and he is going to help us tomorrow.”

“This guy can be trusted right?” I asked Rett and he nodded.

“I doubt he can do this alone” Keith said and I agreed with him wondering how Alton will help us alone.

“He is not alone. He has a team, which consists of his friends who are also tired of Reece’s reign” Terence replied.

“They were all helpful that day to us” Jan added looking at me. She was referring to the day when the Beta and his friends gave Rett, Genessa’s contact ID.

If they trusted Alton and his team, then I must learn to trust them too.

“He is going to send us the blueprint of the pack by noon” Rett informed.

“You called him?”

“No. I am in contact with him through mail” Rett said and I sighed.

“He told you who all are in their pack?”

“Just two. Randall and one more guy named Fletcher”

“Alex Fletcher?” Jan asked and Rett nodded with a growl.

“Did Matheson send any information about Fletcher to us?” I asked Jan. I had not checked the mail since morning.

“I didn’t check the mail” she said guiltily.

“It’s okay. Let’s check that at home” I said. The rest of the lunch, we continued planning on what each one of us had to do. Since Trudy was going to be discharged tomorrow, Keith could not come with us.

It was four when we returned home and the first thing I did was check the mail. Alpha Matheson had replied to the mail and had sent a file consisting information as well as the photo of Alex Fletcher.

I stiffened and my wolf growled murderously when I saw who Alexander Fletcher was.

“This guy was in the clinic that day. I had seen him while he had come to drink water. At that time I assumed he was a patient” Rett imparted furiously when he saw who Alex Fletcher was.

“No. He is not a patient” I said shaking my head. “He is a doctor” I said through gritted teeth. “The same doctor who killed our child.”

Rett and I had gone to run that evening to let out some steam. Surely we could do it through other ways too, but I wanted a run. It’s been a long time since I ran with him.

We ran and ran around the territory and very soon pack wolves too joined us. Around sunset, we decided to hold a competition were wolves would fight with the other. Ophelia and Mike would pick names of those who would fight and against me Molly was chosen.

She was scared but still she fought against me and I respected that. However, I was able to defeat her within a minute.

I had fun with my pack and after that we all had dinner in the pack house.

During dinner, Jan announced that two more Alphas’ had agreed to attend the meeting. I was pleased to hear it and so were everyone else from my pack.

The implementation of Randall’s execution plan began after lunch the next day.

Genessa was friends with Alton and through her, we got his contact number. I contacted him and he agreed to help me, without any condition. Few trusted wolves of BlueBells, who were Alton’s friends and who wanted to dethrone Reece agreed to help him. However, the plan was only for Randall’s execution and not to hurt Reece. Hence, I had told Alton and his friends that they are supposed to act as my enemy even though they are my friends.

Randall as well as Reece didn’t know we had allies from BlueBells and that worked in our favor.

We left to BlueBells at two-thirty in the afternoon. Our team included me, Rett, Cam, Terence, Jan, Ben along with Philip and Humphrey.  Jan and Humphrey were designated as driver to both SUV’s. Our route to go to BlueBells pack was through Myron’s pack as well as Grant’s pack, both our allies.

The journey lasted nearly four hours and as expected the sun was already below the horizon when we reached there.

Unfortunately for us, the guards of the BlueBells pack were not included in Alton’s trusted circle and so, we had to take care of them. Humphrey parked the car outside BlueBells territory, quite far from any guards view. Jan parked her car behind us.

I handed two cans of knock-out gas spray to Philip, one of the strongest fighters of my pack. Knock-out gas also called as sleeping gas and today it would help me in incapacitating the guards. The plan was dramatic. The guards of the BlueBells pack might recognize me and others, but they don’t know Philip and hence, he is the one who is going to make the first move

“You ready?” I asked Philip, who was sitting in the passenger side of the car.

“Yes” he replied after climbing out and I smiled.

“Go” I told him and he started running.

Once the BlueBells guards spot him they would huddle closer to stop him. The moment they create a barrier, Philip would make his move by spraying the gas in their face.

Philip came back two minutes later and signaled us to come ahead. Humphrey started driving again and after Philip climbed in, we drove inside the BlueBells pack territory.

“Good job. All four are down” Rett told to Philip seeing the guards slumped on the ground.

“It was quick right?” I asked.

“Yes. They were down within five seconds. I doubt they got a chance to communicate with others” he said and I sighed. The effect would last for almost sixty to ninety minutes and we had that much time to make it out of here.

The blueprint of this pack was given to by Alton and we were informed that Randall was in the guest house of the pack territory, which was ten minutes away from Reece’s house. But directly going to the guest house would make Reece suspicious on his own pack members and hence we had to barge into Reece’s home first.

The wolves who were running in the woods spotted our cars, but none stopped us. They probably thought we gained access to enter the territory.

Humphrey was driving the first car in which, Rett, I and Philip were in. The others were in the second car. Once we spotted Reece’s house, Humphrey stopped the car but the other car went ahead.

“Time for some fake action” Rett said with a grin climbing out of the car along with me and Philip. Rett said fake action because most of the wolves near Reece’s house were working with us.

“Hey you” one of them said and Rett rushed to him and punched him in the face and knocked him out. I guess he doesn’t work with us. I didn’t know who worked with us but Alton had told me that I must knock all of them out. That’s what I did.

“Catch her” one person shouted. I rushed towards him and slammed my elbow on his stomach first and then his face. “Luna” he gasped out before losing conscious and I paled when I realized that he was part of the plan. Thankfully, I just knocked him out.

Rett had already knocked four of them and Philip another three. I saw two more approaching me and I didn’t know if they were working for me or not. Leaping high in the air and twirling, I kicked both of them in the face one after the other and they fell on the ground.

“What the hell is going on here?” Reece shouted standing near the main door of his house. Alton and Wade, the beta and third-in-command of BlueBells pack, who worked with us, were standing behind him. “You bitch” Reece growled out the moment he spotted me. “Kill her” he commanded and Alton and Wade rushed towards me. Rett rushed to stop them and fought with them.

“Phil” I called and Philip threw a can which I caught very easily. Using my inhumane speed, I rushed towards Reece and holding him by the neck, I slammed his head to the wall.

He growled murderously and clawed my hands. Even though they hurt, I didn’t loosen the hold I had on his neck. “You are going to pay for this” he spat while I sprayed the knock-out gas on him. I jumped backwards before Reece could fall upon me after losing conscious.

Once he was down on the ground, I kicked him in the stomach and then turned to look at Rett. Wade had lost conscious but not Alton.

I gritted my teeth when I spotted more wolves from BlueBells pack. They had come to fight but they were hesitating after they saw me.

The wolves seemed shocked by what I did, but even then they didn’t approach me. It kind of made me nervous. However, I didn’t let that deter me. My main motive of coming here was Randall and I had to focus on it.

I looked at Alton and he nodded slowly, making sure no one in his pack saw him doing that.

“Spray the gas on him” I commanded.

Once Alton lost conscious, I glanced at Rett, who gave an encouraging smile. “I will get Randall” he said and I nodded.

After he left, Philip and Humphrey stood behind me as my guards. The BlueBells pack wolves were standing in closer to each other and by their expression, it was clear they were scared to approach me.

“I have come here to take a rogue that your Alpha has been giving shelter since yesterday” I said in a loud voice. “If you try to stop me, feel free to do so. But remember one thing that I will not leave until I take Randall with me” I announced with a feral growl and the BlueBells pack wolves nodded nervously.

“He is in the guest-house” one of the lady said in a feeble voice.

“You can take him”

“We are not going to stop you”

“We do not want to get into a war with your pack”

“Our Alpha is forcing us to go into war with you.”

I tensed when I heard them muttering in a weak voice. They had so many problems and when I heard them, I decided that I am going to help these wolves and make this pack a wonderful home to them.

EVERETT P.O.V

I looked at the small crowd of BlueBells pack wolves surrounding us. We had entered into their land and attacked their Alpha. Yet, no one from the pack was ready to fight against Templar. Instead, they were all staring at her with wide eyes.

This pack deserved so much better than Reece. I wonder how Templar is going to help this pack.

“Spray the gas on him” I heard Templar saying and immediately Philip stepped ahead and sprayed it on Alton’s face. The knock-out gas did its work and now Alton was lying near my feet. If it weren’t for Alton and his teams help, then we would never have been able to get so into the BlueBells territory. But for Alton’s protection, we had to pretend he was our enemy too.

I looked at Templar who was staring at the crowd. She was nervous and so were they, but I knew she will be able to handle them. Ever since she got back her wolf, there have been incredible changes in her. She knew she had responsibilities that stretched far more than taking care of just one pack and now she was ready to take them all on her shoulders. It might be hard, but no matter what, I will always be there with her. My wolf bobbed his big head in agreement at that thought.

Templar looked at me with anxious eyes and I shot her an encouraging smile hoping it would calm her down. Time was running down and we had to leave ASAP. “I will get Randall” I told her and she nodded.

‘Stay close to Luna’ I commanded to Philip and Humphrey who immediately went and stood behind her guarding her.

I knew these wolves wouldn’t hurt Templar and so I raced to the guest house, which was ten minutes away from Reece’s house.

The other SUV was parked a few meters away from the guest house. I could see January sitting in the driver’s seat and tapping the steering wheel impatiently.

‘What’s the status here?’ I demanded through the link.

‘They have surrounded the blue house and are about to burst in soon’ she replied.

‘Don’t go in. I am coming’ I told Terence through the link.

Slowly, I walked towards the house after hurdling over the compound wall; I made my way towards the main door, along with Cam. Ben and Terence were asked to cover from the back.

Before I could barge in, the front door opened and two men came out. I stopped in my tracks when I saw them and so did they. Time froze for a moment when my eyes clashed with the tortoise shell cat eyes of Randall’s. His eyes showed dread and my wolf growled maliciously.

He was the one who had caused so much pain to my mate. I will never forgive or forget that. A chill runs down my spine and I get a hollow, panicky feeling every time I recall Templar’s cries the night she came to know what they did to our baby. Her sobs were louder than the laps of the ocean waves and everyone in the pack had heard that.

When I heard her cry, I knew something bad was done to her in that one week. But I never thought Randall and his men would sink so low.

I growled again, in the same malicious way, while my wolf bared his fangs.

The other guy, Dr. Fletcher, who was with Randall reacted quickly and started running away. He couldn’t go far. Ben and Terence caught him and knocked him out. Randall stopped in his tracks and kept staring at me.

“Remember the promise I made?” I asked cocking an eyebrow and he gulped.

Randall was shocked. He didn’t expect this. He thought he was safe in BlueBells but now he had no place to escape. We had him surrounded.

“I swore that on the eleventh day, I, myself, am going to bring the white wolf here and now she is here” I said through gritted teeth and a muscle in his jaw twitched.

“Knock him out” I commanded to Cam.

While Cam stepped forward Randall attempted to run, but I quickly caught him and roughly shoved him against the tree. Before I could trap him, he ran past me and I followed after him. He wasn’t as fast as me and hence I could catch him very easily, but as I pressed his nape and pinned him to the ground, I saw the crowd watching me with wide eyes. We were in front of Reece’s house again.

The crowd spread apart to make way for Templar to stand at front. Beneath me, I heard Randall groaning. Clutching his hair in a tight grip, I forced him to raise his head and look up.

Templar rumbled murderously and her eyes turned red when she saw him.

‘Not now baby. You told so remember?’ I reminded through the link and after taking a deep breath, she nodded.

“Can you see her, the white wolf?” I demanded grinding my teeth, before punching his head and knocking him out. Ben got a syringe and I punctured it to Randall’s neck.

The effect was immediate and he lost conscious. That’s for drugging my mate.

I stood up straight and saw at Randall’s motionless body in distaste. He wouldn’t wake up until tomorrow morning.

The doctor was put in the second vehicle which January was driving, while Randall was going to be taken in our SUV. I called Humphrey through the link and he helped in shoving Randall inside the car.

The BlueBells pack wolves, mostly ladies saw us through the windows of their homes, but none tried to stop us. Templar was right. We had to consider the pack wolves of bluebells because they are not willing to fight against our pack. They were forced to do so by Reece.

When I went back to the guest house, Terence and Cam had already put the doctor in their car. After that we drove straight to Reece’s house to pick Templar and Philip. The crowd was still circled around Templar, but now they were talking to her. An elderly lady was holding Templar’s hand and weeping. I saw Templar, who looked shaken.

Climbing out, I reached for her and encircled an arm around her waist.

‘You alright?’

‘How could I have been so blind?’ she said instead and I furrowed my brows.

“Please take us to your pack. We cannot live here” the elderly lady continued sobbing, not letting go of Templar’s hands.

“He is a very bad person. He is even forcing my son to fight in the war” another lady cried, holding hands of a boy who was a wolf, but I suspect he had shifted recently. I growled when I heard it and so did Templar.

“Has Reece always been this unstable?” I asked the lady.

“Yes. He was the Alphas’ younger son, always neglected by his parents. They as well as his brother were killed together in an accident in which only Reece survived” a middle-aged man began. “We found him in the hospital and he told us that the car fell off the cliff and got wrecked, but some of us suspect he lied and in fact killed his own parents and brother” the man concluded in a weak voice.

“But you are not sure” I said and the man nodded.

“No one knows except for him” the man said pointing at Reece’s still body. “He took the title almost immediately after that and ever since then the state of the pack has been going from bad to worse. It turned worse after his mate rejected him.”

My eyebrows rose up when I heard those words and so did Templar’s.

“Reece has a mate?” Templar’s voice was a whisper.

“Yes” another man said. “Her name is Zandra”

“Where is she now?” Templar enquired.

“We don’t know. But she is married to someone else” the same man who spoke earlier answered. “A human they say.”

“Why did she reject him?” I asked with a frown.

“Reece killed her mother.” I inhaled sharply and Templar clenched her fists after she heard the words.

“Does anyone here know where Zandra is now?” Templar asked the crowd in a loud voice.

“No. After she ran away from the pack, no one knows where she is” was the reply we got.

Templar nodded and after taking a deep breath, said out loud, “I have heard you and I have realized what your pack is going through. I am going to help you all.”

The crowd nodded slowly, acknowledging it.

“The war is NOT going to happen” Templar shouted. The crowd sighed and then clapped in unison. “You have my word on that” she finished dexterously. “But I want you all to do something for me first” she said and they eagerly agreed. “When Reece wakes up, he might ask you all why you didn’t stop me. Just tell him that-”

“We saw nothing” the man who had spoken earlier broke in and I cocked an eyebrow.

“Who are you to the pack?” I inquired.

“Alton’s father. I was the former beta” he said and when I looked at his hazel eyes, I knew he was aware that Alton had helped us today.

“Thank-you” Templar said with a smile. “I am leaving now. But I will be back soon” Templar swore and then holding her hand, I started walking towards our SUV.

We were driving back to our pack through the same route we had come. I looked at Templar, who with her head rested against the window, looked lost in her own thoughts. I entwined her fingers with mine and she looked and smiled softly.

‘Everything is going to be fine’ I assured her and she rested her head against my shoulders.

‘I hope so too’ she whispered softly while I kissed the back of her hand. My wolf sighed and encouraged me to provide more comfort to her through the link. I closed my eyes and did the same.

I woke up when the car stopped. Since it was a long journey, Philip switched places with Humphrey. Templar was fast asleep beside me and I turned to look at Randall in the backseat. Since he was drugged, there was no way he is going to wake up anytime soon.

“Let’s go” I told Philip, who nodded and brought the engine back to life.

Almost five minute later, my cellphone started ringing. I frowned when I saw the unknown number but still answered the call.

“You are going to pay for this” Reece spat out furiously from the other end of the line and I rolled my eyes. “You, your mate, your whole pack is going to pay for this. All of you will die. I am going to kill every one of you” he yelled and I placed the phone away from my ear, unable to hear all the shouting.

“Pay for what?” I asked just for my amusement, when I was sure he was done shouting.

“You kidnapped a wolf from my pack” Reece bellowed. “If you don’t want the Sorority getting to know about this, then return Randall and Fletcher” he threatened and I laughed in his face. He wouldn’t be able to complain to the Sorority because then he will be asked what was a rogue doing in his pack and without doubt, Reece will not have an answer to that.

My laugh was like a slap to Reece’s face and I felt immense satisfaction when I heard him snarl in rage.

“You are going to die soon Green. You are going to die soon. I will be the one who is going to kill you as well as your mate” he spat and I clenched my fists, while my wolf growled savagely.

Even though I wanted to rip his head off, I couldn’t because he wasn’t in front of me. Besides, I had a plan to follow and I couldn’t do or say something stupid which would put Alton’s as well as his team’s life in danger.

Hence I took a deep breath and said-

“Good luck”

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